Switch to Eco-Friendly Picnic and Party Supplies for Your Next BBQ

These eco-friendly outdoor party supplies will make it easy to go green for your next BBQ.

Are you a fan of the outdoors? Love to barbecue and have picnics in the park? Great! Here are some tips on how to protect the natural world around you! Grab these eco-friendly party supplies the next time you want to dine al fresco and do the earth a favor. Help ensure future generations can enjoy the same parks and green spaces you enjoy today.

If you go out to the woods today, take eco-friendly picnic supplies!

If you're planning an outdoor party this summer and you want to go easy on Mother Earth, there are plenty of great eco-friendly picnic supplies on the market that can reduce your carbon footprint.

From plates made of renewable sugarcane fiber to cups made from plant-based plastics, take a look at these amazing products that will keep you out of the kitchen washing dishes, and out on your patio enjoying your guests. By following the waste management instructions on each of these innovative products, you'll also be keeping bulky garbage from piling up in your local landfill. After the party, feed your compost by returning these biodegradable products back to Mother Earth.

Cutlery made from bamboo is an eco-friendly choice for your next picnic.

Switch to bamboo cutlery.

Did you know that party plates and picnic supplies can be made from sugarcane? Sugarcane provides sturdy, durable and light-weight pulp used to make paper and cardboard products.

When sugar is extracted and refined from sugarcane, the remaining crushed fibrous pulp, known as bagasse, is processed and woven into strong paper and cardboard products. Bagasse sugarcane requires less energy to process than traditional wood pulp paper products and it's fully compostable in your garden or commercial compost.

There are plenty of different sugarcane picnic suppliesthat would look great at any outdoor party or family picnic!

Bamboo cutlery is a durable alternative to plastic knives, forks and spoons.Made from fast-growing bamboo trees, bamboo products are easy on the environment and compostable. Bamboo cutlery is lightweight, and depending on the quality of the product you choose, may be re-usable after a thorough dishwashing. If you're serving finger foods and light appetizers at your party, bamboo chopsticks are an eco-friendly option, too!

Plant-based plastic cups are a clear winner for your next barbecue! Clean, clear and stylish, no one will know these cups aren't made of petroleum-derived plastic! But that doesn't mean you need to fool your guests! Be sure to let them know that the cups they're using are kind to planet earth. They'll appreciate your efforts to keep the world clean and healthy. Because plastics made from plant oils are biodegradable, they can be composted and kept out of your local landfill.

More Eco-friendly Tips for Picnics and Barbecues

Make sure you dispose of your picnic supplies in an eco-friendly manner.Going through the trouble of choosing biodegradable, renewable picnic supplies and then throwing them out with your everyday trash cancels out any long-term environmental benefits you’re aiming for. Biodegradable trash tossed in non-degradable plastic garbage bags takes a long time to decompose. Buried under piles of more non-degradable trash in your local landfill, those eco-friendly products will take forever to degrade.

Have a garbage bin lined with a biodegradable composting bag set aside when you clean up after your party. Deposit all your compostable waste into the bio bag and incorporate it into your own garden compost. If your municipality has a compost pick-up service, you can include this bag with your normal garbage for pick-up too. (Contact your local waste management service for their compost and garbage pick-up guidelines.)

There's no point in buying eco-friendly picnic supplies if you just throw them in the trash. Be sure to separate your organic waste and recyclable items after your picnic.

Dispose of your green waste properly.

How much of your household waste do you recycle or put into the compost? (Estimate)

Less than 10%

10% - 30%

More than 30%

I'm not sure, but I know we don't recycle or compost as much as we should.